Company Fire Officer (120 hrs)

Course Description

NIPSTA’s Company Fire Officer program is designed to exceed the requirements outlined by the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal ("OSFM"), and provides students with the knowledge and skills to perform as a Company Fire Officer, as defined by NFPA 1021. This program is presented in two (2) phases and must be taken consecutively:

  • Phase I: Forty (40) hours of online education completed independently over four (4) consecutive weeks. There is a mandatory classroom orientation session on the first day of Phase I from 0800 - 1200. All students must attend this orientation session. 

  • Phase II: Eighty (80) hours of campus based lectures, discussions and exercises. Completed over two (2) consecutive weeks. DSCN2817

2023 Sessions

Winter Session: 

  • Phase I: January 9 - February 3, 2023

  • Phase II: February 13 - February 24, 2023

 Spring Session: 

  • Phase I: April 3 - April 28, 2023

  • Phase II: May 8 - May 19, 2023

Summer Session: 

  • Phase I: July 10 - August 4, 2023

  • Phase II: August 14 - August 25, 2023

Fall Session:

  • Phase I: October 2 - October 27, 2023

  • Phase II: Noember 6 - November 17, 2023

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  1. Pete Mensching

    Company Fire Officer Program Coordinator

  1. Syllabus
  2. Textbook

Company Fire Officer (CoFO)